Narses

Military officer

Born AD 478 · died AD 568–574

Who was alive at the same time as Narses?

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When Narses was born, Aryabhata was 1 or 2, Theodoric the Great was 23 or 24, Pope Gelasius I was 67 or 68, Pope Hormisdas was 27 or 28 and Pope John II was 7 or 8.

Born during Narses’s lifetime: Justinian I, Pope Gregory I, Benedict of Nursia, Isidore of Seville, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I and Pope Agapetus I.

Not quite contemporaries: Umar was born about 9 years after Narses died, Pope Honorius I was born about 8 years after Narses died, Khalid ibn al-Walid was born about 11 years after Narses died and Saint Patrick died about 15 years before Narses was born.

Where Narses’s contemporaries were born

Narses is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (65 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Narses: Constantinople
Pope Gelasius I: Africa
Pope Simplicius: Tivoli
Pope Felix III: Rome
Pope Hormisdas: Frosinone
Theodoric the Great: Carnuntum
Pope Symmachus: Sardinia
Pope John I: Siena
Pope John II: Rome
Aryabhata: Pataliputra
Pope Silverius: Frosinone
Boethius: Rome
Benedict of Nursia: Norcia
Justinian I: Tauresium
Pope Agapetus I: Rome
Pope Pelagius I: Rome
Belisarius: Sapareva Banya
Pope Pelagius II: Rome
Pope Benedict I: Rome
Pope Gregory I: Rome
Pope Boniface IV: Marsica
Isidore of Seville: Cartagena
Pope Sabinian: Blera
Pope Boniface III: Rome
Julius Nepos: Dalmatia
Amina bint Wahb: Mecca
Maurice: Arabissus
Zeno: Zenopolis in Isauria
Chlothar I: Soissons
Khosrow I: Ardestan
Theodora: Paphlagonia
Anastasius I Dicorus: Durrës
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib: Israel
Proclus: Constantinople
Justin II: Constantinople
Phocas: Thrace
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib: Mecca
Cassiodorus: Scylletium
Tiberius II Constantine: Thrace
Gregory of Tours: Clermont-Ferrand
Columba: County Donegal
Glycerius: Dalmatia
Sidonius Apollinaris: Lugdunum
Childebert I: Reims
Amalasuintha: Ravenna
Emperor Gaozu of Tang: Chang'an
Abd al-Muttalib: Medina
Totila: Treviso
Genevieve: Nanterre
Brendan the Navigator: Fenit
John Malalas: Antioch
Syagrius: Lyon
Guntram: Soissons
Kavad I: Ctesiphon
Columbanus: Leinster
Abu Lahab: Mecca
Anthemius of Tralles: Tralleis
Emperor Wen of Sui: Chang'an
Clotilde: Lyon
Gelimer: Africa
Radegund: Erfurt
Movses Khorenatsi: Harman
Isidore of Miletus: Miletus
Imru' al-Qais: Najd
Gildas: Cheshire

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The 86 best-known contemporaries

86 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Narses. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 524.

Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
Pope Gelasius I AD 410 – AD 496
Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
Pope Simplicius c. AD 420 – AD 483
Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
Odoacer c. AD 433 – AD 493
Pope Felix III c. AD 440 – AD 492
Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
Julius Nepos AD 430 – AD 480
Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
Zeno AD 425 – AD 491
Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
Proclus AD 412 – AD 485
Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
Columba AD 521 – AD 597
Childeric I c. AD 436 – c. AD 481
Glycerius AD 430 – 480s
Sidonius Apollinaris c. AD 430 – c. AD 489
Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
Syagrius c. AD 430 – c. AD 487
Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
Euric AD 420 – AD 484
Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
Movses Khorenatsi c. AD 410 – c. AD 489
Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601
Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501